Friday, June 25, 2010

Setting Sail on the Internship

Intern project ahoy! I've been hard at work on the concept and characterdesign for the short animation I'll be creating this summer. Last weekRoque gave me three words (opposite, secret, and balance) with which tocreate three different ideas. Working with Kenn Navarro during thedevelopment and pitch process was fantastic. He helped with polishing myideas as well as generally demystifying the art of pitching, which was upuntil this point, quite shrouded in mystery I assure you.

We chose the story formed from the word secret; a sneak peek into theeveryday life of the middle class working yeti. It is my intent to expose asofter, more sophisticated side of this tragically misunderstood creature.The past week has been spent developing the character of the yeti. Roquehas been instrumental in this process; helping to guide my design withsuggestions and examples. There seems to be a veritable cornucopia ofconcept art books and insightful handouts accumulating on my desk withwhich to draw inspiration and ideas from.

Next week I will begin story-boarding with Alan and working out specificdetails with the plot line. More on the intern project soon to follow!

On another exciting note, Ghostbot has invited me to go with them to theSan Diego Comicon. Never did I dream that I would be making a pilgrimage tothis Mecca of nerddom. I've been told to take all my expectations, andmultiply them by 100. One hundred times the level of nerdiness. Onehundred times the amount of undiluted awesome. One hundred times the number of rotund spandex clad Flashes. My thesaurus would explode if it housed an adequate synonym for my level of excitement.

I suppose I should start working on some sort of costume, I would be sorely remiss if I passed up a perfectly good opportunity to wear a cape.